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COMMISSIONED ISSUE PAPERS   ( view by authors )


 Topic 1: Management of Social Risk


1. Daniel Krewski, John Balbus, David Butler-Jones, Charles Haas, Judith Isaac-Renton, Ken Roberts &
    Martha Sinclair - Managing Health Risks from Drinking Water
   
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2. Rod Dobell - Social Risk, Political Rationality and Official Responsibility: Risk Management in Context
   
  (263Kb)

 Topic 2: History of Drinking Water Management in Ontario


Jamie Benidickson - Water Supply and Sewage Infrastructure in Ontario, 1880-1990s: Legal and Institutional Aspects of Public Health and Environmental History    (693Kb)

 Topic 3: History of Drinking Water Pollution Outbreaks in Ontario





 Topic 4: Ontario Machinery of Government


1. Andrew Sancton and Teresa Janik - Provincial-Local Relations and the Drinking Water in Ontario    (333Kb)

2. Nicholas d'Ombrain - Machinery of Government for Safe Drinking Water    (535Kb)

3. Ron Foerster - Constitutional Jurisdiction over the Safety of Drinking Water    (177Kb)

4. Jim Merritt and Christopher Gore -
    Drinking Water Services: A Functional Review of the Ontario Ministry of Environment  
 (502Kb)


5. Mark S. Winfield and Hugh J. Benevides, Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development -
    Drinking Water Protection in Ontario: A Comparison of Direct and Alternative Delivery Models  
 (492Kb)

 

 Topic 5: Drinking Water Standards





 Topic 6: Water Pollution; Sources of Contamination


1. Michael J. Goss, Kimberley S. Rollins, Kenneth McEwan, J. Ralph Shaw, Helen Lammers-Helps -
    The Management of Manure in Ontario with Respect to Water Quality

   Part A  
 (749Kb)
   Part B    (305Kb)
   Part C    (1057Kb)
   Part D    (717Kb)

2. Carolyn M. Johns - Policy Instruments to Manage Non-Point Source Water Pollution:
    Comparing the United States and Ontario
 
 (216Kb)

3. Len Ritter, Keith Solomon, Paul Sibley and Ken Hall - Sources, Pathways and Relative Risks
    of Contaminants in Water


   Part A  
 (964Kb)
   Part B    (801Kb)

4. Donald M. Tate - Water Quantity and Related Issues: A Brief Overview    (78Kb)

 Topic 7: Measurement of Source and Finished Water Quality






 Topic 8: Production and Distribution of Drinking Water


E. Doyle (Delcan Corporation) - Production and Distribution of Drinking Water

   Part A  
 (608Kb)
   Part B    (993Kb)

 Topic 9: Wastewater Collection and Treatment


E. Doyle et al. - Wastewater Collection and Treatment    
 (905Kb)

 Topic 10: Training and Accreditation


Jane E. Pagel - An Overview of Drinking Water Testing Laboratories in Ontario    (210Kb)

 Topic 11: Management and Organizational Behaviour


1. Roger L. Martin, Mary Ann Archer and Loretta Brill - Management and Organizational Behaviour:
    Why do People and Organizations Produce the Opposite of What they Intend?
 
 (228Kb)

2. Jim Joe, Jacinta O'Brien, C. Erv McIntyre, Strategic Alternatives, Michael Fortin, and Mike Loudon -
    Governance and Methods of Service Delivery for Water and Sewage Systems  
 (297Kb)

3. Darren E. Romain, Ken Mains, and Peter G. Nicol, CH2M HILL Canada Limited,
    and Bill Fields and Wendy M. Joyce, Diamond Management Institute -
    A Total Quality Water Management System for Ontario: The Model Water Utility  
 (614Kb)

4. Narelle Martin - The Water Industry in Rural Victoria, Australia: A case study of reform    (341Kb)

5. David Cameron - Drinking Water Safety: Do Ownership and Management Matter?    (848Kb)

6. Dr. Edwin E. Geldreich and Dr. J. Edward Singley - Ontario Water Suppliers: Two Experts' Assessments  
   
 (157Kb)

 Topic 12: Communications


Douglas A. Powell, Katija Blaine, Liz Gomes, Sarah E. Grant, Bonnie LaCroix and Shane Morris -
Water Warnings: Communication in Drinking Water-Related Public Health Emergencies
 
 (247Kb)

 Topic 13: The Costs of Walkerton


John Livernois -
    The Economic Costs of the Walkerton Water Crisis  
 (375Kb)

    Value-of-Life Estimates in an Economic Cost Assessment    (101Kb)

 Topic 14: Infrastructure Financing


Strategic Alternatives, Michael Fortin, Enid Slack Consulting Inc., and Mike Loudon - Financing
Water Infrastructure
 
 (517Kb)

 Topic 15: The Cost of Clean Water


Strategic Alternatives - Michael Fortin, Mike Loudon - Public Works Management Inc. - The Cost of Clean
Water: Estimates of Costs Arising from the Recommendations of the Walkerton Inquiry
 
 (342Kb)





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